(major league baseball playoffs)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants have won their20th National League pennant with a 9-0 pounding of the Cardinals.Marco Scutaro (SKOO'-tah-roh) went 3-for-4 with a run scored in theclincher and went 14-for-28 with six runs and four RBIs to earnSeries MVP honors. The Giants will host the Tigers in Game 1 of theWorld Series tomorrow night.

(N-F-L football)

Chicago 13 Detroit 7

CHICAGO (AP) - The Detroit Lions lost wide receiver NateBurleson to a season-ending broken leg while losing 13-7 to theBears in Chicago. Brian Urlacher (UR'-lak-ur), Julius Peppers andZack Bowman each recovered fumbles as the Bears improved to 5-1while dropping the Lions to 2-4. Bears quarterback Jay Cutlermissed part of the second quarter with bruised ribs and finishedwith 150 passing yards and a touchdown.

WEDNESDAY RESULTS - October 24

(high school football playoffs)

(LE MARS) -- Austin Simmons connected on a 39-yard touchdown pass to Luke Harrison with 2:07 to play to lift Lewis Central to a 21-14 opening round win over the Le Mars Bulldogs in the Class 3A football playoffs Wednesday night at Jim Lorenzen Field. The outcome was in doubt until the very last play when the Titans intercepted Levi TeBrink's Hail Mary pass in the end zone to hold off the Bulldogs and advance to Monday night's quarterfinals. Lewis Central jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on a 29-yard TD pass from Simmons-to-Harrsion and a seven-yard scoring pass from Sam Duggan-to-Mark Savage. Le Mars turned the momentum around in the second quarter, scoring on back-to-back drives to tie the score with 2:14 to play in the first half. Levi TeBrink capped a 70-yard drive with a 20-yard scoring pass to Jeremy Singer at the 6:03 mark of the second quarter. Travis Kinney's 11-yard TD-run capped an 80-yard drive with TeBrink's two-point conversion run tied the game. Defense dominated the second half with the Titans touchdown late in the fourth quarter producing the only points after halftime. Le Mars ends the first year under new coach Gabe Tardive at 7-and-3

(World Series)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Pablo Sandoval became just the fourthplayer to homer three times in a World Series game as the SanFrancisco Giants ripped the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in the opener of theFall Classic. He put the Giants ahead with solo shot in the first,added a two-run blast in the third and crushed another solo homerin the fifth. Marco Scutaro (SKOO'-tah-roh) went 2-for-4 with twoRBIs and two runs scored to support Barry Zito, who allowed a runand six hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win.

(WORLD SERIES)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -The San Francisco Giants are going toDetroit with a 2-0 lead in the World Series after blanking theTigers 2-0 last night. Madison Bumgarner and two relievers combinedon a two-hitter for the Giants, who now travel to Motor City forGame 3 Saturday night.

(N-F-L football)

Tampa Bay 36 Minnesota 17

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Tampa Bay routed Minnesota 36-17, handing theVikings their first home loss of the season. Bucs rookie DougMartin, their first-round draft pick out of Boise State, ran 29times for 135 yards and also took a screen pass 64 yards for atouchdown, one of three TDs thrown by Josh Freeman.

(WORLD SERIES)

DETROIT (AP) - The San Francisco Giants can win their secondWorld Series in three years with one more victory Sunday night inDetroit. The Giants took a commanding 3-0 lead by blanking theTigers 2-0 as Ryan Vogelsong and two relievers combined onDetroit's second straight shutout, a five-hitter.

(WORLD SERIES)

DETROIT (AP) - The San Francisco Giants are celebrating theirsecond World Series title in three years after finishing afour-game sweep of Detroit with a 4-3 win in 10 innings last night.Marco Scutaro delivered the big hit, an RBI singlewith two out in the 10th.